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What is this seal? Hope the envelope is evaluated

This type of cachet is for an event, in this case, the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth, commemorating his birth place. Organizations, clubs and collectors issue these types of covers.

This type of cover is called and event cover, which commemorates an event.

The cover is addressed to a high school stamp collectors club. The individual may have been the club faculty sponsor or club officer, or maybe a student member. Many schools had stamp collectors clubs during the 1930s. To me, that is the most interesting aspect of the cover. It is also postmarked on Feb. 22nd, George Washington's birthday and franked with the 2c Washington stamp from the Washington Bicentennial issue of 1932. Not much philatelic value, but a nice period piece.

Don

These covers are really common. I saw a whole pile of them yesterday at a stamp show in a dealer's dollar box.

Stamp collectors call what you describe as a seal as a "cachet". Most cachets are applied with a large rubber stamp and they are applied to a great many different categories of covers. Sometimes cachets are pre-printed on a printing press, but mostly they are rubber stamped like the one on your cover. If this cover was in perfect condition you would have a difficult time selling it for $1, but because it is in poor condition with the paper browned and the wrinkled and torn it has no commercial value. On the other hand, if you like it then you might want to look for other similar covers and start a collection for your own fun. Such covers are very inexpensive so you can put together a nice collection for very little money. If you do start to buy these, be sure to look for ones in perfect or near perfect condition with no damage of any kind and easily readable postmarks and cachets.

Thank you very much to everyone